[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HoQ

[Felix Malmenbeck]

Rohan is correct that {HoQ} and {Qaq} are absent from paq'batlh, and the uses of {mIl} are exactly those which he mentioned.

The words {quv} (the verb and the noun) appear many times. Some of the more interesting examples, in my opinion:

quvlIj vIchoq
--Translated as "Your honor will be saved,"
[paq'yav, Canto 6]

ghaH rI' 'ej quvmoH
qanra' qamchIy qup'a'
--"He is welcomed by Kahnrah
--Patriarch of Qam-Chee
[paq'raD, Canto 10]

vaSvamDaq
tuq veng je quvvaD
Heghqangbogh SuvwI’ tu’be’lu’’a’
--Is there nobody in this hall
--Prepared to die for the honor
--Of your tribe and city?
[paq'raD, Canto 12]

SoHvaD quvwI’ qem Hegh ‘e’ wIvDI’ Hegh
pop Hevchugh quvwI’
--The honorable will be rewarded
--After death chooses to bring them to you,
[paq'raD, Canto 16]

SoHvaD quv vI'agh
--I will show you honor!
[paq'raD, Canto 21]


tlheDDI' quvmoHmeH

veng HeHDaq lutlha'

SaD law' nuvpu'

--Thousands followed him

--To the edge of the city,

--To bid him farewell.

[paq'QIH, Canto 1]

qa'lI' quv yIpab
--Follow the honor in your spirit,
[paq'QIH, Canto 2]

quv tIghmey
--"the way(s) of honor"
[paq'QIH, Canto 2 and Epilogue]



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From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh [qeslagh at hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 16:46
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HoQ

ghItlhpu' qurgh, jatlh:
> Klingon word: HoQ
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition: be honored falsely, be falsely honorable

jang Voragh, jatlh:
> Related verbs:
> HoQmoH honor falsely
> quv be honored, be honorable
> Qaq behave falsely honorably/in a falsely honorable manner
> mIl be formerly honored
> Have any of these been used in the {paq'batlh}?

I haven't yet got the paq'batlh in a searchable format so I have to search by eye, but I couldn't find HoQ or Qaq, and I'll have to look again for quv. mIl appears only twice, both in a verse that shows a really nice usage:

yIntaHwI'pu' vImIlHa'moH jIH
Heghpu'wI'pu'
DamIlHa'moH SoH

"I will restore honor among the living,
You will restore honor
Among the dead."

(pp. 146-147; paq'raD 16.22-24)

QeS
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